QDMA is holding a meeting in Dayton on May 17. Speakers include the founder of QDMA and prominent deer experts on property management.
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Originally posted by GLM View PostNo comments? Curious - what are your thoughts on QDMA? Has it fallen from glory like Ducks Unlimited?
Personally, I think they are a bunch of self righteous blow hards that pick and choose their sources and data to further their own self interest.
But, what do I know?
You should go and report back your findings to US Texas boys.
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Originally posted by GLM View PostNo comments? Curious - what are your thoughts on QDMA? Has it fallen from glory like Ducks Unlimited?
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I have been a QDMA member for 12 years. I really enjoy their bi-monthly magazine. It has a lot of good articles on food plots and timber management from the deers prospective.
I also enjoyed their forum but they discontinued it a few years ago. Lots of good people on that forum who offered assistance on various subjects (much like the members on TBH).
I think the leaders are genuinely interested in deer management and want to help others in achieving there management goals. However, I am also convinced that they have to treat it like a business. Othewise they won’t survive.
I am looking forward to meeting them at the Dayton meeting and hopefully learning a few things from their presentations.
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I’ve been a member of qdma since the beginning. I think they have offered a lot of good advice thru the years especially to small landowners. I especially like the food plot book they published years back. On net I think they have been an asset
However. I think they are quite hypocritical on several fronts. They range from noncommittal to negative on the use of game fences for deer mgt. fascinating since Al Brothers is so prominently acknowledged including representing one of their highest awards. Al Brothers was on the leading edge of using game fencing as a mgt tool and one of the earlier adopters. I believe they could provide a great service offering accurate non emotional facts on the pros cons of game fencing.
They are prominent advocates against deer breeding. Fascinating since they have given their highest awards to Dr Harry Jacobson and frequently quote his research and the contributions he has made to deer mgt. Dr Jacobson was on the leading edge of creating the deer breeding industry as well as managing the research facilities....read deer breeding facility...at Ms. State. I don’t think they are fair or responsible in their reporting or position here.
All that said I believe they provide reasonable introductory counsel on mgt and good info on habitat / food plot cultivation. I just disagree with their advocacy and believe they should offer a broader perspective on the world of deer mgt
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Originally posted by elgato View PostI’ve been a member of qdma since the beginning. I think they have offered a lot of good advice thru the years especially to small landowners. I especially like the food plot book they published years back. On net I think they have been an asset
However. I think they are quite hypocritical on several fronts. They range from noncommittal to negative on the use of game fences for deer mgt. fascinating since Al Brothers is so prominently acknowledged including representing one of their highest awards. Al Brothers was on the leading edge of using game fencing as a mgt tool and one of the earlier adopters. I believe they could provide a great service offering accurate non emotional facts on the pros cons of game fencing.
They are prominent advocates against deer breeding. Fascinating since they have given their highest awards to Dr Harry Jacobson and frequently quote his research and the contributions he has made to deer mgt. Dr Jacobson was on the leading edge of creating the deer breeding industry as well as managing the research facilities....read deer breeding facility...at Ms. State. I don’t think they are fair or responsible in their reporting or position here.
All that said I believe they provide reasonable introductory counsel on mgt and good info on habitat / food plot cultivation. I just disagree with their advocacy and believe they should offer a broader perspective on the world of deer mgt
Very accurate rundown on QDMA.
Great post, thanks
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QDMA Seminar in Dayton
Originally posted by elgato View PostI’ve been a member of qdma since the beginning. I think they have offered a lot of good advice thru the years especially to small landowners. I especially like the food plot book they published years back. On net I think they have been an asset
However. I think they are quite hypocritical on several fronts. They range from noncommittal to negative on the use of game fences for deer mgt. fascinating since Al Brothers is so prominently acknowledged including representing one of their highest awards. Al Brothers was on the leading edge of using game fencing as a mgt tool and one of the earlier adopters. I believe they could provide a great service offering accurate non emotional facts on the pros cons of game fencing.
They are prominent advocates against deer breeding. Fascinating since they have given their highest awards to Dr Harry Jacobson and frequently quote his research and the contributions he has made to deer mgt. Dr Jacobson was on the leading edge of creating the deer breeding industry as well as managing the research facilities....read deer breeding facility...at Ms. State. I don’t think they are fair or responsible in their reporting or position here.
All that said I believe they provide reasonable introductory counsel on mgt and good info on habitat / food plot cultivation. I just disagree with their advocacy and believe they should offer a broader perspective on the world of deer mgt
There should be three books, low fence, high fence native herd, and high fence with introduced genetics.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Black Ice; 05-16-2018, 11:20 PM.
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Originally posted by lovemylegacy View PostWell, how did it go? Was it everything you thought it would be?
There was a good Q&A with the panel ranging from “should spikes be killed?” to “should we provide supplemental feeding?”.
Interesting presentations and discussions.
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Originally posted by Drycreek3189 View PostAnticlimatic now maybe, but I think Rusty provided a pretty concise picture of my thoughts on QDMA. I predict that they will come out against feeders in the future, as I can see them creeping up on it now.
A lot of the former forum members are now on another forum, deerhunterforum.com
I enjoyed QDMAs forum and was disappointed when they discontinued it. Alot of the old QDMA forum members have started Habitat Managers on Facebook.Last edited by GLM; 05-20-2018, 12:26 PM.
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Originally posted by GLM View Post
I enjoyed QDMAs forum and was disappointed when they discontinued it. Alot of the old QDMA forum members have started Habitat Managers on Facebook.
Why'd they get rid of it?
I mean it was like Encyclopedia Brittanica for white tail
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